NYC Housewives
Being a sort of newbie Manhattanite (I’m a Boston gal –sorry Yankee fans!) I’ve become terribly obsessed with the Bravo television show Housewives of NYC. As much as I wouldn’t want to be any of them, except maybe one, I’m drawn to their lifestyle and curious about their social life. I tune in every Tuesday to see what parties they have attended, what they are wearing, who’s fighting with whom and who’s dating who.
I have notice a difference in attitudes since the first season of Bravo’s Housewives of NYC. The Countess is non-stop counting, Bethenny is more whiny than ever, Ramona is more driven than ever, Jill really is letting the fame go to her head. Simon and Alex seem to be getting a backbone and Kelly brings in the glamour of New York City nightlife.
I decided to breakdown my perceptions of these women. Since I am an Asian American girl and none of them speak to me personally, they do speak to me as a dating woman in Manhattan. But as Jill Zarin would say, “Let’s call it what it is.” So I did!
Bethenny – You are not a celebrity, you don’t even appear to be a good chef. No one wants to know who you are. I would never buy anything from you. No one cares. Your jealousy of Kelly is quite obvious. She’s taller, prettier, educated, has natural breasts (you should really get yours redone) and is a real socialite, something you are so desperately trying to achieve. Never.Going.To.Happen. The sooner you realize that, the happier you will be. What would make you attractive is to take the advice you once profoundly gave to Simon and Alex, whom you were so quick to rip apart for social climbing (in reality you are the biggest social climber of all), “Accept yourself and just admit it. We’ll love you for it.” Maybe you should listen to your own advice. Word to the wise: Stop trying so hard! You don’t have “it”. Kelly does..Move on. Kelly dates hot Argentine Polo players. You date any guy who would give you the time of day. We all see it. Oh and the best part of all this is that you say Kelly is desperately trying to be famous? What about you? Skin flick, Martha Stewart Apprentice, 2nd season of NYC Housewives. Let’s see what happens after the show ends. No one is going to care what you’re doing. Kelly on the other hand? I think you know the answer to that.
Jill Zarin – I used to like you. I thought you were a nice person who was maybe a little insecure. Mario is right. Your 15 minutes of fame have gone to your head. You pick apart a Mercedes your husband gave you as a gift. Very mean! You buy a $16,000 purse on a whim (in the middle of a recession, but that’s beside the point). You should really feed a starving child for a year! You are all FLASH, which makes me wonder if you got any cash? You take all the credit for the interior design of your apartment and don’t even let your gay husband, who designed the interior of your apartment, in a photo with you for a magazine shoot. Do you actually think Metropolitan Home readers think you are the creative and “accomplished one”, as you mom likes to say?
Ramona – yes you have no wrinkles because you had a face lift. But good going. You maintain yourself and have a great personality. You definitely take care of your man, as you should. He be knocking some boots otherwise! Your obsession with Simon is quite bizarre. For some reason, I think, subconsciously, you have a crush on him. You are very entertaining and definitely a great mom. I will give you that!
Countess or should I say ex-Countess Luann deLesseps – I used to like you last season too but this season you are going completely overboard. It’s getting annoying. If I hear the word “Countess” one more time this season, I’m going to vomit. Are you really a Countess though? If you are an American citizen, you are not allowed to have a title. Are you a citizen of a European country, otherwise then you possibly were a countess for fourteen years or however long you were married.. Perhaps the Count got fed up with the whole “Countess” thing. You know, basically beating a dead horse all day and night? He seems unfazed by the title thingy. Regardless, you are a beautiful woman and I’m sure you have tons of men who want to date you, including Mario. I think he has a crush on you, but that’s just my opinion. You have a fun time in store for you that’s for sure! I can’t wait to see who you start dating next season.
Simon and Alex – I did not understand why all the housewives attacked you on the reunion show. It was quite upsetting actually. Bethenny who attacked your living conditions the most, lives in a shoebox. So what is her beef? I really think most of them are jealous of the connection and the happiness the two of you seem to have. I was disappointed to see that you started renovating your brownstone this season. I hope you did not cave into the pressure from the other housewives. Both of you have something none of the others have, which is realness. Sure you try to act like something you’re not but who at one point in their life didn’t. Look at the Countess! Regardless, readers, ask yourself this? Out of all the men on the show, who would come bail you out of jail in the middle of the night? All my money is on Simon. Mario? Absolutely not. Once he was done gelling his hair maybe but most likely not. Bobby? He’s so pussy whipped and Jill would never let him go. The Count? Not when he’s in Switzerland and Ethiopia. Bethenny’s guy? – What guy? Notice how Jason ran for the hills.
Kelly Killoren Bensimon – Anyone who has anything nasty to say about Kelly is obviously jealous. Is she really more annoying than Bethenny? Absolutely not! So she’s self absorbed, claws her way to the top and likes to be surrounded by celebrities. Who in New York and Los Angeles doesn’t? She’s living her life just like everyone else. She seems to be a great mom and I have yet to see her judge anyone. So what’s the beef? I’ll be honest. Her skin is a little off but who would not want to have her height and legs? Being a shorty, short Asian woman myself, I’ll admit that.
So that is my take on my latest obsession of the Housewives of NYC. Going forward, I would like to see a minority housewife thrown into the mix. I am all for the ladies of Atlanta but there are some great Asian and African American contenders in New York City. What about Keiko Aoki, Wendi Deng Murdoch or Lillian von Stauffenberg? Someone at the Bravo helm needs to start thinking!
Kelly does have major fake breasts.
-jaymie
This is NOT an article. It IS a blog. Articles are written by real journalists – who either have some familiarity with a topic or do some research on a subject before coming out with long-winded opinions blasting everyone. Blogs are for ill-informed big mouths like yourself to use the internet as a forum to show their ignorance.
Before you start talking about Kelly’s fabulous natural breasts or what a wonderful mother Ramona is or how Luann is the one overly concerned with titles, you may want to do SOME RESEARCH so you don’t come out looking like such a fool again. Of course, the sexism which is so obvious from your opinion about “Jill’s money” won’t be remedied by any amount of research … nor will your double talk about whether Simon and Alex are wonderfully genuine people to be admired or are total phonies who deserve our scorn. Only maturity and some time in a decent writing class can fix those problems.
A blog is a TYPE of article, moron. This is an opinion piece article. If you don’t like it then don’t read it. Obviously I struck a nerve with you. I apologize if you do not like the content. And can I ask what your education is? Chances are both Kelly and I are more educated than you. Also, I can see why the Count would want to clarify who his girlfriend is with LuAnn running around saying she’s “some Ethiopian woman” as if she’s a piece of garbage black woman. All things considering, yes that is low for hooking up with a married man, however she is not just some Ethiopian woman. Obvioulsy he likes her and she is royalty. I do hope you start reading my real blog which can be seen on my profile. And how do you know so much about Jill’s money? You sound a little obsessed to me. Simon and Alex don’t run around talking about everyone behind each others backs either now do they?
Calm down, Girlfriend. If you can’t take criticism of your “writing” perhaps you should find another line of work. You write so poorly, I would think you would be used to it. Actually, you must get made fun of like this a lot and that is probably why you are so oversensitive……..
Here is the Wiki (your speed) definition of a BLOG : “Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries… The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. ” GET IT NOW PEA BRAIN??????? You are not a journalist writing an article … you are a dimwit at a laptop and this is a blog filled with your lame, ill-informed OPINIONS and not facts, not interviews, no insights, nothing meaningful. Just badmouthing people when you don’t even watch the show they are on obviously or you would know more about it ……… A person does not have to be “obsessed” to know more about the show and its cast than you – a person just has to have a working BRAIN which you seem to lack. I guess you think Kelly is a real journalist, too? You write at about her level, so I am not surprised you idolize her. But guess what – Kelly would not give you the TIME OF DAY. Wake up, Nancylee! You are making a fool out of yourself defending an arrogant snob who would not even acknowledge your existence you are such a nobody. Everyone else on the RHoNYC sees that about her – why don’t you?
You need to re-read your wiki blog definition you just posted. You’re incorrect even in the first sentence. “A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary”. That would be on my profile. Not here. Dumbass! You really need to get with Web 2.0. A little web class would suffice. You must have been rejected by numerous women over the course of your lifetime. A fact so evident in how you hate her so much. Don’t hate her because she would never give you the time of day. Exactly my point. You sound like a stalker so I am going to sign off. You are really scaring me with “YOU DON’T WATCH THE SHOW! I DO! I’m their biggest fan! I know them more than you!!arrhhhgggg!!!”
Psycho!!!
Oh now poor Blaze has to get his friends involved…or is that you Blazi? Oh boo hoo! It’s my opinion. Saying “some Ethiopian woman” is derogatory. A more politically correct and less insulting expression would be “an Ethiopian woman” or “an Asian woman” or “an American woman”. Or how about just “someone else”? If you don’t think there’s a difference, then you’re a twit! Blaze is that you?
Yay me!
So far I’ve criticized the internally inconsistent opinions you express, your ability to observe events on the show and report them accurately, and your failure to do research about the cast …. in short, all my remarks have been designed to express my opinion of your blog ……..
You’ve called me a moron, obsessed, uneducated, a dumbass, rejected, and psycho … all personal attacks which have nothing at all to do with the fair criticisms I have made of your blog entry……. The fact that you can’t come up with anything aside from childish emotional outbursts to defend yourself shows you have no defense. You are just a mouthy, irresponsible brat who gets her rocks off smart-mouthing her way through her blog with nothing intelligent to say at all. You are a catty, bitter little person, Nancylee. Make all the personal insults and hissy-fit attacks on me you want – what you write says much more about YOU than it ever could about me!
That’s all I have to say to you!
The reason someone else has lowered herself to respond to your drivel is because your blog has been linked at a site where there is a thread about The Real Housewives of NYC. As a JOKE. People are reading this and making fun of you there, Nancylee. You are providing a lot of laughs. People think you are a clown and can’t believe you are bothering to argue with me. And getting whipped so badly while you are at it. Please don’t stop posting, it is too funny! You look dumber and dumber with each keystroke.
Nancylee, is this artiblog a condition of your parole? Were you wronged in the past by an angry egomaniacal blogarticler so now you’ve been assigned to set up a blog and treat others as you were treated? Or are we just looking at the just desserts of several past lifetimes led in a less than exemplary manner?
It is just nasty to cast aspersions on people for the sole reason that they disagree with you. If you’ve expected everyone who reads this blarticle to agree with you, then you’re in need of a medication adjustment. I also wonder why you’ve picked this subject to blart about, and also how this show furthers the aims of “connecting Asian women to the world.” Now that I’ve typed that I realize I wasn’t aware Asian women felt that they were floating in the stratosphere.
You also seem to have a very limited understanding of how language is used. When a person is referring to “some Asian woman” it is no more derogatory than if someone referred to “some American woman.” Is English perhaps not your first language? That would explain so much. If you honestly believe that Alex and Simon are “the most real” of the bunch, then your connection to the reality the rest of us enjoy is indeed tenuous.
I guess now I can expect some abuse for having had the nerve to disagree with your blart, or your farticle, or whatever you’re calling it.
lol! You’ve called me a fool, childish, pea brain, stupid, etc. etc. Why don’t you re-read the piece again and try to find how inconsistencies happen in my piece WITH AN OPINION! You my friend, dug up a picture of Kelly with fake breasts from awhile ago. You obviously have too much time on your hands and an alarming interest in Kelly. I have pointed out she is self absorbed so what is the problem. Why do you care so much? Just because someone doesn’t agree with your opinion about someone does not mean you need to attack them in the way that you do. Psycho! You my friend need to get laid!
You are a vulgar person, Nancylee. A crude, vulgar, angry person who should not be writing articles and allowing opportunity for people to comment on them if you are going to be unprofessional enough to get into name calling fights with readers. You make your whole publication look bad and you are an embarrassment to decent Asian women everywhere….. Your family would be very ashamed of you. I know I am.
This has to be the stupidest blog I’ve ever read. You don’t know what you are talking about. Kelly has “natural breast?” You mean these?
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/Kn_-zodwubc/23rd+Annual+Great+Sports+Legends+Dinner+Cure/7bN84LRT691/Kelly+Bensimon
Oh, I am saying something not nice about Kelly, which means I am automatically jealous. Uhm, no … she is stupid. And fake. Fake like her breasts. Who would be jealous of that?
You think Jill has “no cash?” Jill has more money than God. Do you even watch this show?
If Ramona is such a “great mom” then how come when her daughter’s school asked her to stop having Avery on the show because it was causing the child to be shunned by her peers- Ramona said NO. Very selfish – Ramona uses Avery to get more airtime and doesn’t want to give it up.
The Count is just a preoccupied with titles as Luann is, and that is why he released a press statement asking for people to call his girlfriend by HER title – Princess Nobody. Nice way to kick a woman when she is down, by the way.
About Alex and Simon – you like them because of their “realness” then acknowledge what a pair of poseurs they are. Do you even read what you write? That is the dumbest statement EVER.
This blog is a joke.
First -this is not a blog. It’s an article. Sorry I do not troll the internet looking for pictures of Kelly’s fake breasts. I only gather information based on what I see from the show. Kelly’s look real to me, more so than Bethenny. Bobby has cash..not Jill. Jill would have zelch if it wasn’t for Bobby. Do your research. I disagree with you on Ramona. Maybe there is another reason she is shunned by her peers, if she even is. Ally and the Countess’ children don’t seem to have a problem. Sorry I did not see the press release from the Count..Regarding Alex and Simon, yes out of all of them, they are the most real. Sure they are wannabes. Do you think Jill would have played tennis for Simon if it was the other way around? I think not. That is my opinion. Thanks for commenting!
The scene at the end when they dump pig blood on Carrie at the prom. “They’re all going to laugh at you, laugh at you, laugh at you!” Just saying.
You should follow my blog. I’m sure you’ll just love it. Pay close attention to my Housewives commentary. Tata!
Nancy who will you have to hundred hand pimp slap to get you writing career off outside of asiance? Is Blaze one of those intellectually chalenged individuals you must content with? Blaze, do yourself a favor, please calm down, you uptight ass. Nancy is speaking from what she sees and has no responsibility for these housewifes action. Blaze in closing I really recommend a 12 step program that will let you live outside of bravo, Like the commercial states, “You can do it. Asiance can help.”
Blaze where are you hiding? Did you watch the renuion show tonight? Looks like the questions asked by the viewers expressed the same sentiments as me, such as Countess more impressed with her title, the Count and his woman did release the princess fact since LuAnn was calling her “some Ethiopian” all over town. Jill is all flash and a spender. Kelly really isn’t that mean. Bethenny is still harping on Kelly not giving her the time of day. And quite frankly, Alex came out smelling like a rose. Sorry you are in the minority. I do like your comments thou.
I have also re-watched the reunion this weekend. I would also like to mention that I also picked up Ramona’s secret crush on Simon as did the audience. Blaze is so off with his thinking. My bet is that he is an Angry Asian Man who was rejected by women growing up. Therefore he is taking in out on Kelly. I have a new article coming up, although I was told to turn it down a notch. 🙁
Considering that you are still talking about someone who has not posted here in a month, I’d say Blaze won by a knockout, lol! BAM, take that Nancy Lee.
I would think that your own editors telling you to tone it down would be proof of that. Get a grip Girlfriend. Be more professional in your next article please. Show some class!
You do not even know what the editor and I spoke about. So shut ur trap! You were completely off with your New York City Housewives thinking. So go crawl back into your cave and come back out in another month.
TONE IT DOWN NANCY LEE OR YOU ARE FIRED!!!!
STOP EMBARRASSING ASIANCE MAGAZINE BY ACTING LIKE A MENTAL CASE!!!!
I will have some phat articles for you starting tomorrow. I hope you did not miss me for too long….